HEMIPTERA. 357 



Breast punctured with brown. Legs testaceous ; thighs punc- 

 tured with brown. Rostrum pale testaceous. Antennae yellowish 

 white. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



5. TETRODA nigripennis, n. s. 



T. ferrugineo-testacea, punctata ; thorace postice transverse cari- 

 nato ; elytrorum membrana nigra. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Reddish testaceous, thickly and finely punctured. Head with 

 the lateral margins suddenly dilated a little before the eyes ; 

 lateral lobes foliaceous, rounded externally and nearly meeting 

 at the apex. Thorax faintly rugose transversely, and with a 

 distinct transverse keel not far from the posterior margin. Scu- 

 tellum with its lateral margins brownish and with a black streak 

 on each side at the base. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with 

 the disc brownish ; membrane black. Margins of the abdomen 

 ferruginous. Body beneath with an irregular blackish band on 

 each side on the line of the stigmata; stigmata white. Legs 

 testaceous; tibiae at the apex and tarsi ferruginous. Rostrum 

 and antennae testaceous, the latter somewhat ferruginous (two 

 apical joints wanting). 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



6. TETRODA obtusa, n. s. 



T. testacea, punctata ; capite spina parva, acuta, utrinque ante 

 oculos; scutellobasi utrinque litura nigra; membrana albida. 3 . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Testaceous, very thickly and finely punctured. Head with the 

 lateral lobes foliaceous, rounded at the apex, with the inner angles 

 obtuse, not meeting ; lateral margins with a minute black spine, 

 tipped with yellow, on each side in front of the eyes. Thorax 

 with an indistinct, transverse keel near the hinder margin. Scu- 

 tellum with several scattered black points, and a black streak on 

 each side at the base. Membrane of the elytra whitish, opaque. 

 Abdomen beneath thickly and rather coarsely punctured, with a 

 large, transverse, impunctate pit on each side of each segment, 

 touching the posterior margin of the preceding segment; the 

 neighbourhood of each of the stigmata furnished with an irre- 

 gular patch of black punctures. Breast rather coarsely punc- 

 tured, with a few scattered black points, and a black, shining 

 spot on each side of the postpectus. Legs testaceous ; thighs 

 with brown points. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip black. 

 Antennae testaceous. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



